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Social media erupted after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Australia’s support for Palestinian statehood for the deadly attack in Sydney – a claim that many online called illogical and a politicisation of tragedy.  At least 15 people were killed after two gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, while multiple others were wounded. Netanyahu said he had previously warned Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese before Australia recognised Palestine that his government’s policy “was promoting and encouraging antisemitism”. “I wrote: Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on the antisemitic fire,” he continued. “It…

A man who injured 134 people when he drove a car into crowds at Liverpool’s Premier League victory parade has been sentenced to 21 years and six months in prison.Paul Doyle, 54, was travelling into the city centre from his home in Croxteth, Liverpool, to collect friends at the parade on May 26 when he “lost his temper” and drove his Ford Galaxy directly into supporters making their way home from the celebrations.Dashcam footage from the vehicle, played in court, showed fans being thrown onto the bonnet of the car or falling underneath as he accelerated down Water Street, which…

Dec 16, 2025, 07:47 AM ETA Paris labor court ruled on Tuesday that Paris Saint-Germain must pay more than €60 million ($70 million) to Kylian Mbappé in a dispute over unpaid wages and bonuses linked to the end of his contract before his 2024 move to Real Madrid.Lawyers argued last month before the Conseil de prud’hommes de Paris in a judicial saga involving colossal sums. The court sided with the player amid accusations of betrayal and harassment surrounding the breakdown of his relationship with PSG.Mbappé’s lawyers claimed PSG owed him more than €260 million ($305 million), and PSG was seeking…

Deep into first-half injury time in Heracles’ 4-3 defeat at PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch Eredivisie on Saturday, Heracles were awarded a penalty — the third of the match.Jizz Hornkamp placed the ball on the spot, took four strides back, and then calmly shuffled up to the ball. He kept his eyes focused on PSV goalkeeper Matej Kovar and, without breaking stride, hopped twice on his left leg, before calmly sending Kovar the wrong way. “I’ve done this a few times in training,” Hornkamp told ESPN NL afterwards. “Because I delay my hop so late, the keeper probably thinks I’m…

 KUWAIT:  His Highness the Amir, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, received during a ceremony at Bayan Palace on Tuesday, the credentials of Wierish Ramsoekh as Ambassador of the Netherlands, Mohammad Jaber Abu Al-Wafa as Ambassador of Egypt, Ghadi Al-Khoury as Ambassador of Lebanon, Qudsi Rasheed as Ambassador of the United Kingdom, and Maksym Subkh as Ambassador of Ukraine, accrediting them as ambassadors of their respective countries to Kuwait. Qudsi Rasheed, Ambassador of the United Kingdom Ghadi Al-Khoury, Ambassador of Lebanon Maksym Subkh, Ambassador of Ukraine Wierish Ramsoekh, Ambassador of the Netherlands Mohammad Jaber Abu Al-Wafa, Ambassador of Egypt The ceremony…

Dec 16, 2025, 07:25 AM ETManchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has claimed “the club wanted me to go” when Al Hilal made a big-money bid to sign him in the summer.The Saudi Pro League club were reportedly willing to pay £100 million for the 31-year-old midfielder, offering the Portugal international wages of up to £700,000 a week, but Fernandes ultimately stayed at Old Trafford after talks with manager Ruben Amorim.In an interview with Canal 11, a channel owned by the Portuguese football federation, Fernandes has said he felt senior figures at United were keen to cash in.”I could have left…

Dec 16, 2025, 07:08 AM ETBrendan Rodgers was named on Tuesday as the manager of Saudi Pro League side Al Qadsiah, six weeks after resigning from Scottish champion Celtic.Al Qadsiah, whose squad includes Italian striker Mateo Retegui and former Real Madrid defender Nacho, is in fifth place in the Saudi Pro League in their first season after promotion.Rodgers departed Celtic on Oct. 27 under a cloud, his second spell in charge damaged by scathing criticism from major shareholder Dermot Desmond that Rodgers’ conduct had been “divisive, misleading, and self-serving” and that he “contributed to a toxic atmosphere around the club.”Brendan…

Bruno Fernandes has claimed Manchester United bosses wanted to cash in on him in the summer but lacked the courage to defy Ruben Amorim.The United captain, who could have joined Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal for £100m, said he was “hurt” and “sad” about how the situation had been handled in an interview with Portuguese TV station Canal 11. Sky Sports News understands the club’s leadership were clear with Fernandes throughout the summer – and remain adamant – that he is part of their plans and they have no desire to sell him. Fernandes said in October that United’s…

The turbulent inter-war years of the 20th century are crowded with historical non-fiction about the Islamic world.  And yet, in his debut The Indian Caliphate: Exiled Ottomans and the Billionaire Prince, Middle East Eye journalist Imran Mulla delightfully fleshes out an intriguing, unexplored episode from that period. The resounding defeat of the Ottomans, who fought alongside the Germans during World War I, led to the carving up of territories across the Middle East by European colonial powers, as well as the founding of the modern Turkish state. It also brought to an end the caliphate, the 1,300-year-old institution in which the leader…

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanian authorities said Tuesday they had arrested 21 people allegedly connected to a criminal network that smuggled cigarettes using specially equipped weather balloons from Russia-allied Belarus which have violated the Baltic country’s airspace in recent weeks.Investigators conducted more than 80 searches, seizing cigarettes with Belarusian excise stamps, SIM cards, communication and tracking signal jammers and firearms among other things, the Lithuanian general prosecutor’s office said in a statement. Luxury cars and valuable property were also confiscated. Lithuania earlier this month declared a national emergency over security risks posed by the meteorological balloons sent from Belarus.The balloons…